17 John xvi. 33; cf. 1 John ii. 13.
25 Deut. xviii. 15; Is. vii. 14. Thee two texts are also quoted together in Orat. i. §54.
31 Rom. ix. 3; Ps. vii. 3, Ps vii. 4, LXX.
32 Syr. 'Arrabwn. Cf. Eph. i. 13, Eph. i. 14, &c.
33 Observe that Athan. gives notice notice at Easter, a.d. 344, upon what day Easter is to be observed in a.d. 345, and not immediately after the succeeding Epiphany, as Cassian asserts to have been the custom of the Patriarch of Alexandria. (Cassion. Collat. x. 1.) Cf. Letters 2, 4, 10, 18, &c.
1 The number vii is omitted in the ms.
2 The 14th day of the Moon, reckoning from the time of mean New Moon, took place on Sunday the 23rd. According to the rule which obtained in later times and continued in use until the Gregorian reformation of the Calendar, the 14th day of the Ecclesiastical Moon took place on Saturday the 22nd, which would make Easter-day happen on the 23rd. It would seem, therefore, that the decision of the Synod referred to, brought the Ecclesiastical Moon into closer accordance with that of the heavens, than the later Calendar would have done. In 357 Easter was apparently kept on Mar. 23.
5 Deut. xvi. 1, LXX., cf. Letter 1, §9, and note.
11 Gal. iii. 23, Gal. iii. 24. Athan. reads into S. Paul's words the thought that the Law itself, however misunderstood by the Jews, involved the faith of Christ.
12 Ps. xviii. 44, Ps. xviii. 45, LXX.
15 Jer. vii. 21, Jer. vii. 22.
23 Jer. vii: 22, Jer. vii: 23.
28 Ps. l. 23; Hoseavi. 6; Matt. ix. 13.
30 Is. iii. 9, Is. iii. 10; Wisd. ii. 12.
35 Prov. xxiv. 9, LXX., cf. Ps. lv. 15.